providing you have had the jab. and new research warns that the loss of biodiversity risks tipping the world into ecological meltdown. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. kimjong un hello and welcome to the programme. kim jong un will never give up his nuclear weapons, according to a former senior officer in north korea s spy senior officer in north korea s spy agencies. the colonel, who defected from north korea in 2014, says he was involved in targeted attacks and assassinations and even built an illegal drug slab for the leader. in an exclusive interview with the bbc has been speaking to our corresponded insole, laura bicker. for decades, one family has maintained a brutal grip on north korea. but occasionally, some slip through their grasp and reveal their secrets. translation: north korea s intelligence agency is the eyes, ears and brains of the supreme leader. colonel kim spent 30 years in pyongyang s
is indistinguishable from my real one. i mean, if i didn t instagram it, did it even really happen? i know that advertising is a part of this, and recently i noticed the return of some old anxieties, alongside a high number of diet related ads. it made me ask, just how much do social media companies really know about me, and what impact is this having on children growing up today? i ve come to holyrood secondary, scotland s biggest high school, to ask these 14 and is year olds are they on their social media accounts as much as me? i could spend, like, five hours on tiktok and maybe on weekends, like, 10, 11 hours. a good few hours a day on instagram. because you just get so, like, distracted by it that everything else is like.doesn t exist for a moment. i showed them my instagram feed. did anything jump out at you? yeah. i think about 60% of what was there was either an ad or, like, a promotion for something. is it really sort of obvious to you? yeah. is itjust normal to yo
risks tipping the world into ecological meltdown. hello. a very warm welcome to the programme. kim jong un will never give up his nuclear weapons, according to a former senior officer in north korea s spy agencies. colonel kim kuk song defected from north korea in 2014, says he was involved in targeted attacks and assassinations and even built an illegal drug slab for the leader. in an exclusive interview with the bbc has been speaking to our correspondent in seoul, laura bicker. laura joins us now. what more did we learn from this rather exceptional interview? i have 5 - ent exceptional interview? i have spent several exceptional interview? i have spent several hours - exceptional interview? i have spent several hours with - exceptional interview? i have spent several hours with the | spent several hours with the kernel over several months talking to him about his time in pyongyang. and although much of what he says is historical, he left, he defected in 2014, it does give
now on bbc news it s the media show. hello. how do you interest the public in public interestjournalism? how do you get a bigger splash? that is the theme of today s programme. the largest leak of offshore data in history has seen newspapers around the world co ordinate to unleash the pandora papers. their findings have revealed the hidden wealth and tax avoidance of some of the world s richest and most powerful people. over in the states, a facebook whistle blower and an expose into a media company have also got journalists very excited. but how can the public be persuaded to pay attention to stories like these? what tips something from worth reporting to game changing? let me introduce you to my guests. ben smith is media columnist at the new york times, and before that he was editor in chief at buzzfeed news. so, ben, we will be talking a lot today about investigations, which is an art form that you are familiar with. tell me, what would you say has been your own biggest i
that the loss of biodiversity risks tipping the world into ecological meltdown. hello and welcome to the programme. kim jong un will never give up his nuclear weapons, according to a former senior officer in north korea s spy agencies. colonel kim kuk song defected from north korea in 2014, says he was involved in targeted attacks and assassinations and even built an illegal drug slab for the leader. in an exclusive interview with the bbc has been speaking to our correspondent in seoul, laura bicker. for decades, one family has maintained a brutal grip on north korea. but occasionally, some slip through their grasp and reveal their secrets. translation: north korea s intelligence agency is the eyes, ears, and brains of the supreme leader. colonel kim kuk song spent 30 years in pyongyang s spy agencies. he defected in 2014 but has now, for the first time, decided to speak out. translation: there are many cases where i directed spies i to go to south korea on missions. many c